Rider Interview: The Tour de France build-up is well underway and Ed Hood managed to grab American rider Matthew Busche of Trek Factory Racing for some words before his first ‘Grand Boucle’. Busche has been on a Vuelta winning team in the past, will that be enough preparation for the Tour?

At the beginning of the 2009 season Matthew Busche was riding as an amateur in the US, then Kelly Benefits snapped him up, he rode a mere four races for them before Johan Bruyneel signed him for Team Radioshack. Busche's first year in the Euro pro ranks was a whirlwind tour capped by a podium finish at the 2010 Tour of Denmark; his second year with The Shack has just kicked off.